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Flathead catfish serve as one of the top predators of other fishes in the areas they inhabit, and thus represent a potentially harmful invasive organism outside of their native range. This species has been observed to host over 25 different parasitic species, including several types of platyhelminth worms, nematodes, spiny-headed worms, leeches.
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Flathead Catfish spawn between May and July, often creating nests underneath overhanging ledges, logs, or other protected sites. Flathead Catfish eggs usually develop in about 7 days in Virginia. At this time, they remain hidden while absorbing their yolk sack. Both the male and female will defend the spawning site from unwanted visitors.
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Baby flathead catfish form tight schools for several days after hatching before eventually separating. Adult flathead catfish are solitary creatures and can usually be found near or under fallen trees, logs and brush piles, while young flathead catfish usually prefer shallower water. Adults stay in deeper waters during the day and move into.
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Flathead Catfish movement studies identified three distinct migration periods: overwintering, prespawn/spawn, and late summer/fall, with little movement between these migrations. Flathead Catfish are typically lightly exploited (0-19% annual exploitation) and have typical (for a long-lived species) annual total mortality rates of 11-37%.
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Governor Wes Moore is calling on the federal government to declare the expanding population of invasive fish species—including blue catfish, flathead catfish, and snakehead—to be an ongoing commercial fishery disaster in the Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay. The governor sent a letter [Mar 2023; PDF, 2.4 MB] to U.S. Commerce Secretary.
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Flathead catfish aren't shy of line or other gear. Eighty-pound-test line, an 8/0 hook, and six ounces of lead mean nothing if a lively fish is attached. Abrasion-resistant monofilament line is the choice of most flathead fanciers, though some catmen prefer braided dacron for its lack of stretch, which provides no nonsense hooksets at long.
Spotted Flathead Catfish (Platysilurus mucosus) Aqua Imports
The flathead catfish has a broad, flattened head with small eyes on top. The lower jaw projects beyond the upper jaw. It occurs in most of the large streams of Missouri, preferring places with a slow current. Missouri catfishes have smooth, scaleless skin and barbels ("whiskers") around the mouth. The flathead catfish is distinguished by its broad, flattened head with small eyes on top.
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Flathead catfish tend to be unsightly creatures. Their flattened head looks like it was run through a trash compactor. They have beady, wide-set eyes and a thickened under-lip protruding in a perpetual pout. Worm-like barbels dangle from the chin, and the fish's hide has the same color and texture as a garden slug. Despite their ill-favored.
Maryland Biodiversity Project Flathead Catfish (Pylodictis olivaris)
The flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris), also called by several common names including mudcat or shovelhead cat, is a large species of North American freshwater catfish in the family Ictaluridae.It is the only species of the genus Pylodictis.Ranging from the lower Great Lakes region to northern Mexico, it has been widely introduced and is an invasive species in some areas.
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Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque, 1818) Common name: Flathead Catfish. Synonyms and Other Names: mudfish. Taxonomy: available through. Identification: Wide, flat head - more so than native catfishes. Yellow to purple-brown dorsal coloration and pale white to yellow belly. Projecting lower jaw, pale tips on tail fin, short anal fin.
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It is one of the largest catfish in its family, second in size only to the blue catfish. It has a square, rather than forked, tail. Its body is long, and its head is wide and is a distinctly flat-looking, oval shape. The lower jaw further accentuates it by protruding beyond the upper jaw. In general coloration, the flathead catfish is mottled.
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The flathead catfish, Pylodictus olivaris, is one of the Big Three species of catfish that lurk in many American waterways. Along with the Arkansas blue and the channel catfish, flatheads are.
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Baby flathead catfish - also known as baby yellow cat, mudcat, or shovelhead cat - are a unique species in the Pylodictis genus. These large North American fish are coincidentally both a common target of anglers and desired for home aquariums.
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Additional Information. The flathead catfish has a broad, flat head, with a lower jaw protruding beyond the upper jaw. Its back and sides are brown to yellow, with black-to olive-brown mottling, fading to a dirty white or yellow belly. Inside the mouth on the upper jaw, it has a large tooth plate with backward extensions on each end.
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They carefully slip along the deep breakline, lifting and dropping their jigs a foot at a time on a tight line. Hooks register along the lip of the washout hole in 32, then 31, 30, 29, 28 feet of water, the tailout lip of the washout hole. Their jigs begin to sweep up the lip — Whomp! "Son, good fish. Big fish.
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Flathead catfish reach a length of 3 to 4 feet (0.9 to 1.2 m) and their weight can exceed 100 pounds (45 kg). Pylodictis is Greek meaning "mud fish", and olivaris is Latin for "olive-colored". Flathead catfish are typically pale yellow (hence the name "yellow cat") to light brown on the back and sides, and highly mottled with black and/or brown.
